Increased Frequency of Indels in Hypervariable Regions of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins—A Possible Signature of Adaptive Selection

by Arghavan Alisoltani, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Mallika Iyer, Arash Iranzadeh, Adam Godzik
Published 2022-06-01

ViralVar: A Web Tool for Multilevel Visualization of SARS-CoV-2 Genomes

by Arghavan Alisoltani, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Adam Godzik, Arash Iranzadeh, Lacy M. Simons, Taylor J. Dean, Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Judd F. Hultquist, Egon A. Ozer
Published 2022-12-01

Changing character and waning impact of COVID-19 at a tertiary centre in Cape Town, South Africa

by Lucas E. Hermans, Petro Booysen, Linda Boloko, Marguerite Adriaanse, Timothy J. de Wet, Aimee R. Lifson, Naweed Wadee, Nectarios Papavarnavas, Gert Marais, Nei-yuan Hsiao, Michael-Jon Rosslee, Gregory Symons, Gregory L. Calligaro, Arash Iranzadeh, Robert J. Wilkinson, Ntobeko A.B. Ntusi, Carolyn Williamson, Mary-Ann Davies, Graeme Meintjes, Sean Wasserman
Published 2023-12-01

Microbial function and genital inflammation in young South African women at high risk of HIV infection

by Arghavan Alisoltani, Monalisa T. Manhanzva, Matthys Potgieter, Christina Balle, Liam Bell, Elizabeth Ross, Arash Iranzadeh, Michelle du Plessis, Nina Radzey, Zac McDonald, Bridget Calder, Imane Allali, Nicola Mulder, Smritee Dabee, Shaun Barnabas, Hoyam Gamieldien, Adam Godzik, Jonathan M. Blackburn, David L. Tabb, Linda-Gail Bekker, Heather B. Jaspan, Jo-Ann S. Passmore, Lindi Masson
Published 2020-11-01

Higher mortality associated with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in the Western Cape, South Africa, using RdRp target delay as a proxy: a cross-sectional study. [version 1; peer revie...

by Hannah Hussey, Mary-Ann Davies, Carolyn Williamson, Alexa Heekes, Diana Hardie, Ziyaad Valley-Omar, Deelan Doolabh, Stephen Korsman, Tongai Maponga, Wofgang Preiser, Susan Engelbrecht, Arash Iranzadeh, Neshaad Schrueder, Sean Wasserman, Greg Symons, Linda Boloko, Abraham Viljoen, Peter Raubenheimer, Cheryl Cohen, Arifa Parker, Richard Lessells, Waasila Jasat, Andrew Boulle, Robert J Wilkinson, Marvin Hsiao
Published 2022-08-01

Correction to: Microbial function and genital inflammation in young South African women at high risk of HIV infection

by Arghavan Alisoltani, Monalisa T. Manhanzva, Matthys Potgieter, Christina Balle, Liam Bell, Elizabeth Ross, Arash Iranzadeh, Michelle du Plessis, Nina Radzey, Zac McDonald, Bridget Calder, Imane Allali, Nicola Mulder, Smritee Dabee, Shaun Barnabas, Hoyam Gamieldien, Adam Godzik, Jonathan M. Blackburn, David L. Tabb, Linda-Gail Bekker, Heather B. Jaspan, Jo-Ann S. Passmore, Lindi Masson
Published 2022-03-01

Assessing the clinical severity of the Omicron variant in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, using the diagnostic PCR proxy marker of RdRp target delay to distinguish between...

by Hannah Hussey, Mary-Ann Davies, Alexa Heekes, Carolyn Williamson, Ziyaad Valley-Omar, Diana Hardie, Stephen Korsman, Deelan Doolabh, Wolfgang Preiser, Tongai Maponga, Arash Iranzadeh, Sean Wasserman, Linda Boloko, Greg Symons, Peter Raubenheimer, Arifa Parker, Neshaad Schrueder, Wesley Solomon, Petro Rousseau, Nicole Wolter, Waasila Jassat, Cheryl Cohen, Richard Lessells, Robert J Wilkinson, Andrew Boulle, Nei-yuan Hsiao
Published 2022-05-01

Lactic acid from vaginal microbiota enhances cervicovaginal epithelial barrier integrity by promoting tight junction protein expression

by David Jose Delgado-Diaz, Brianna Jesaveluk, Joshua A. Hayward, David Tyssen, Arghavan Alisoltani, Matthys Potgieter, Liam Bell, Elizabeth Ross, Arash Iranzadeh, Imane Allali, Smritee Dabee, Shaun Barnabas, Hoyam Gamieldien, Jonathan M. Blackburn, Nicola Mulder, Steven B. Smith, Vonetta L. Edwards, Adam D. Burgener, Linda-Gail Bekker, Jacques Ravel, Jo-Ann S. Passmore, Lindi Masson, Anna C. Hearps, Gilda Tachedjian
Published 2022-08-01